Several straight days of fine weather had left the village bustling and thriving.
After a month, dried fish once again hung throughout the village. With his machine broken, Ye Yaodong had hired someone to repair it and taken a rare day off.
But although he had not gone out to sea, he had started weighing purchases again. The villagers had dried another large batch of fish over the past few days.
Almost all the stock at his house was still there, and now he had to buy another large batch. His Eldest Brother's and Second Brother's houses could still hold today's purchases, but there would be no room for what he bought over the next few days.
He had to haul all the dried fish at home to the city to free up storage space.
The military had only ordered 2,000 jin that one day and had not asked for any since. They probably had not finished it yet, and he had no idea when they would want more. Storing everything in the city would make things easier when the time came.
He also figured it had been five or six days since his last trip to the city. He could take a load of dried fish there overnight, see how Father Lin and Lin Mother were doing with sales and whether they had settled in, and bring them some food, drinks, and vegetables.
To his surprise, the elderly couple had adapted quite well. Not only had they become friendly with the owners of the four or five shops nearby, but they had even planted mustard greens and chives by the road.
"Good thing you brought more dried fish today. Otherwise, I would've had to call you after daybreak. Another day or two of sales and we'd have sold out."